How to Install QuickTime Components
By K.C. Winslow
Third-party developers can add functionality to Apple's QuickTime video player through plug-ins called QuickTime components. These allow QuickTime users to view a wider variety of video files, use special features and encode videos in additional formats. Apple hosts a webpage that links to the download locations for third-party QuickTime Components. Users must download the desired components separately from each developer's website and install them individually.
Step 1
Go to the QuickTime Components webpage (see References). Click on the component you want to download; this will link you to the appropriate website. Click on the download link and press the "Save" button in the onscreen prompt.
Step 2
Double-click on the .dmg file for the component to mount it on your Desktop.
Step 3
Click on the your hard drive under "Devices" in the Finder window. Double-click on the Library folder. Open the QuickTime folder. If there is not a QuickTime folder, go to the "File" menu and select "New Folder". Name the folder "QuickTime".
Step 4
Open another Finder window by pressing Command-N. Highlight the disk image you mounted in Step 2. Click on the component file, drag it to the QuickTime folder and drop it.
Step 5
Double-click on the "Pref App" file if the disk image contains one, and confirm the preferences in the onscreen prompt.
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Writer Bio
A writer from Chicago, K.C. Winslow has been publishing articles relating to health, beauty, travel, crafts, education, Macintosh computers and technology since 2000. She holds a Master of Arts degree in writing from the University of Melbourne, Australia, where she lived for several years.